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single-minded

[sing-guhl-mahyn-did] / ˈsɪŋ gəlˈmaɪn dɪd /


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It’s a one-track, single-minded way of thinking, eerily reminiscent of, oh, I don’t know, a hungry coyote blindly pursuing a roadrunner.

From Salon Aug. 30, 2026

Although many prodigies are single-minded about their craft, Miles excelled in two sports in high school.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Johnson, who sold his company Braintree to PayPal in 2013 for $800 million, has spent the last five years on a single-minded quest to reverse his biological age to 18.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

So turn the phrase "who else?" back towards Bellingham - the "who else?" in his England world became boyhood friend Rogers and a single-minded head coach without a care for reputations and status.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Not with the old man and his single-minded whims.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff




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